EUROPE'S CURRENT EVENT

United Kingdom

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Britain slams Iran over reported jailing of embassy worker

- Iran has sentenced a British embassy employee to four years in prison.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/29/uk.iran.embassy.sentence/index.html

London marks 1,000 days to 2012 Olympics!!

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- On Saturday, October 31, 2009, London marks 1,000 days until the London 2012 Olympic Games, and the promise of the event being on budget and track was made.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/31/london.uk.olympics.2012/index.html

I am not a Nazi!

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- On a BBC television program, a British National party leader Nicholas Griffin denied that he is a Nazi.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/22/griffin.bnp.bbc.question.time/index.html

Pirates demand $7 million for a Couple kidnapped on a Yacht

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- A British couple were kidnapped by Somali pirates and they demanded a $7 million ransom for the couple.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/30/yacht.pirates/index.html

Netherlands

Should teenagers be allowed to sail solo around the world?

- On Friday, a Dutch court ruled against letting a 14-year-old girl sail solo around the world. They say that she is not experienced enough to make the trip on her own. Not only in Netherlands, but in Britian it is also being debated on.
Netherlands) http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/30/dekker.sail.solo.ban/index.html
Britian) http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/24/intl.teen.solo.sailing.crash/index.html

Germany

German parties to form new government

- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, the Christian Democratic Union, will join with two other parties to form a new center-right government.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/26/germany.government/index.html

German man on trial for stabbing Muslim woman

- A 29-year-old German is accused of stabbing Marwa El-Sherbini, a pregnant Muslim, 18 times in front of her 3-year-old son during a defamation hearing in the court.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/26/germany.egypt/index.html

Bosnia

Karadzic War Crimes Trial

- Karadzic, one of the highest ranking officials to be indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, is charged with two counts of genocide and other crimes committed against Bosnian Muslim, Bosnian Croat and other non-Serb civilians in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1992-1995 war there.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/17/karadzic.trial/index.html

Karadzic to skip Bosnia Genocide Trial

- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic intends to skip the start of his war crimes trial because he says he has had too little time to prepare.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/24/intl.karadzic.trial.boycott/index.html

Bosnian war's 'Iron Lady' freed from prison

- Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic,who was once dubbed the "Iron Lady" of the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, was released from prison in Sweden Tuesday, after serving two thirds of an 11-year sentence for crimes against humanity.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/27/plasvic.release/index.html